Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

The healthy understanding is not the logical argumentative, but the intuitive; for the end of understanding is not to prove and find reasons, but to know and believe. Carlyle.

The heart always sees before the head can 30 see. Carlyle.

The heart aye's the part aye / That mak's us right or wrang. Burns.

The heart benevolent and kind / The most resembles God. Burns.

The heart can ne'er a transport know / That never feels a pain. Lyttelton.

The heart has eyes that the brain knows nothing of. C. H. Parkhurst.

The heart has its arguments with which the 35 understanding is not acquainted. (?)

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it. Hugo de Anima.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? Bible.

The heart is like a millstone, which gives meat if you supply it with corn, but frets itself if you don't. C. J. Weber.